Soll was born on the countryside some days travel from Hydlaa. He and his both parents worked the land and grew enough to support themselves. The occasional passer-by bought some food, but they never had any real income. On top of basic reading and arithmetic Soll learned the secrets of farming from his father to survive the woods, by distinguishing poisonous from nutritious fruits, by his mother. His mother was sick; she had a wearing disease which made her muscles weaker and her skin paler. Just after Soll\'s birth she became sick and a rough journey in the midst of winter took the family to Hydlaa where a herbalist supplied them with a brew which Soll\'s mother should take every day the rest of her life.
Soll\'s father went to Hydlaa once a year to stock up on the healing brew. When Soll was eight years old his father decided to take Soll and let him experience Hydlaa. Soll was astonished to see a flourishing city full of life. Soll couldn\'t get enough of it, so the two of them stayed a few days longer. On a particular day they were strolling over Hydlaa plaza and noticed a small stand between all the others on the market where a good amount of children where hanging out. Soll walked over to the stand and saw they were looking in a few books. After explanation by one of the keepers of the stand he understood the children were solving puzzles. His father left Soll for the rest of the day to the keepers of the stand. Soll was apparently talented at solving puzzles. The speed at which he solved them or understood solutions presented to him amazed the standkeepers. After partaking in a competition Soll won a puzzle book. Happy with his victory Soll\'s father came to pick Soll up. The next day they left Hydlaa again and went back to the farm.
The following years Soll got back to his day to day life on the farm and used his spare time to work on the puzzles in the book. It took him seven years to work them all out, regretting the fact that he didn\'t have any puzzles left to solve and that he never saw the stand again when he travelled to Hydlaa he put the book away. He went back to his old hobby of investigating nature. He discovered that he could think more clearly about the problems found in nature. He built tools which helped him work the land easier. He discovered that some plants grew better when kept out of the sun for some time and experimentally researched what was the optimal time for them to be exposed to sun. His mind always kept coming up with ideas.
In Soll\'s twenties the fortunate life of the family came to an end. After a day of collecting some herbs in the forest he came back and the farm was burning. There was no way of getting into the farm to rescue his parents. He could hear them scream in there and had to wait for the fire to go out. Soll discovered three bodies in there which made him suspicous. What had happened? If this wasn\'t an accident, what did happen? He investigated the scene and could find nothing.
After having lost everything Soll took the amulet and made his way to Hydlaa where he had to find a new life.
P.S.
I wrote this to introduce my character, though I\'ve played planeshift for some time now. I recently started playing again. I think this helps me try to roleplay better and it helps others understand my character should I engage in roleplaying threads or ingame roleplaying. I lack the skill to write a true emotional story, this is merely what I said above.
